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Good luck!

Hello! I was born with Biliary Atresia, my liver did not have ducts. Because if this my liver built up bile- and I became very unhealthy. At 9 months old I had a liver transplant from my adoptive mom in 2001. She's still alive and with me today, we both are healthy after the surgery. I really wish you luck with finding a donor, living or deceased. I attend my country's national transplant games every two years. There you get to interact with recipients, living donors and donor families. They're all so grateful and happy. So I guess I'm trying to say, if you meet your donor or donor family, you'll form an unbreakable bond with them. If you have any questions just message or reply here :) good luck again <3

Edit: I should do an AMA about the transplant games and the transplant procedure. I don't remember anything about the transplant since I was young- but my mom fills me in on stuff. Fun fact: my anniversary was Tuesday. And on Sunday Thomas Starzl, the person who did the first liver transplant, successful and unsuccessful, passed away.

The first heart transplant was in fact in South Africa.

Awesome! Was just a fun fact. Three days later the first pediatric heart transplant was performed in New York, but the kid died 19 days later :/

Wow! I just hit plat yesterday, I've been climbing from bronze this season maiming mercy. That's awesome though.